New progress in diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome in children / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is one of the common diseases in pediatrics.OSAHS morbidity getting rising recently.Parents and doctors start to pay more attention to this disease because of its severity.Researches show that it affect children development seriously,in both physiological and psychological aspects,even can responsible for suddenly death in children.In our country researches about OSAHS start late.The researches about OSAHS are getting more in recent years.This article reviews recent researches about OSAHS in global and sum up its diagnosis.